足

Meaning

足 centers on the lower limb used for standing and walking: the leg or foot. The idea of sufficiency comes from having enough to stand on or fill a need, and the counter sense applies that to pairs of footwear.

• 足あし
  N5

  foot; paw; arm (of an octopus, squid, etc.)

• 満足まんぞく
  N3

  satisfaction; contentment; gratification

• 足りるたりる
  N5

  to be sufficient; to be enough

• 不足ふそく
  N3

  insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; lack; scarcity; deficit

• 足元あしもと
  N2

  at one's feet; underfoot; one's step (as in "watch your step")

• 手足てあし
  N1

  hands and feet; limbs

• 発足ほっそく
  N1

  starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up

• 補足ほそく
  N1

  supplement; complement

• 足首あしくび
  N1

  ankle

• 足跡あしあと
  N2

  footprints

• 物足りないものたりない
  N2

  unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something

• 右足みぎあし

  right foot

• 両足りょうあし

  both feet

• 左足ひだりあし

  left foot

• 足すたす
  N4

  to add (numbers)

• 足場あしば

  scaffold; scaffolding

• 遠足えんそく
  N3

  school trip; field trip; excursion; outing

• 裸足はだし
  N2

  barefoot

• 寝不足ねぶそく
  N3

  lack of sleep; insufficient sleep

• 一足いっそく

  a pair (of shoes or socks)

• 一足ひとあし
  N1

  a step

• 足音あしおと
  N1

  (sound of) footsteps

• 足るたる
  N2

  to be sufficient; to be enough

• 足止めあしどめ

  preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; inducement to stay

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